They could lose another one with England midfielder Fabian Delph, 27, a target for Stoke.

Clubs are allowed a maximum of 17 foreign players in their 25-man squads.

And with Koeman clearly wanting Barkley OUT after he rejected a new contract and Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson IN, the Premier League’s biggest hitters are set to test what looks like being a revised valuation of the Everton playmaker.

Barkley will not be available to play for three weeks as he recovers from a minor groin op.